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品目 (ひんもく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

品ひん目もく

also: しなめ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

item; article; commodity

Used in official, commercial, or statistical contexts for a specific type of item, product, or article, often in lists or classifications.

この調ちょう査さでは、主しゅ要ような品ひん目もくごとに価か格かくを比ひ較かくしています。
This survey compares prices by major item categories.

輸ゆ入にゅう品ひん目もくのリストを確かく認にんしてください。

Please check the list of imported articles.

Written forms

品目Usage100%
- ひんもく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ひんもく is the modern common reading.
- しなめ
  Rare alternate reading; learners should use ひんもく.
しなめ

Kanji

品goods, refinement, dignity
目eye, class, look

Similar words

商しょう品ひん
商品 is a general term for goods or merchandise, while 品目 emphasizes a specific item type or category, often in lists or official contexts.
品しな
品 is a broader, more everyday word for an item or article; 品目 is more formal and categorical.

Etymology

Compound of 品 (hin, 'goods, article') and 目 (moku, 'item, class'). The reading しなめ is a rare kun'yomi variant.